Improvement in sleighs



i ED.y STATES n ST0 all concern:

`Be itknown `that I, ROBERT ELLIOTT, of Chester, in the county of Delaware and State `of Pennsylvania, have invented new and usea i, `j fulImprovements in Sleighs; andIdohereby declare the followingto be a clear and exact description ofthe nature thereof, sufficient to i `enable others skineialin the art to which my i yinvention appertainsto fully understand and fuse the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying*drawings, making part of this i specification, inwhichfa y Y Figureflkis.alsidevview of the device illus- Q trating myinvention;` a Fig. 2 is abottom view thereof, y. l

a Similar lettersofireferenceindicate correspondingpartsi y a the two figures My invention llconsists in sleighrunners which aresoconstructed `that theymay be apfplied in placeoffwheels to the` running-gear .a a of a wagon.` For `this purpose `each runner "has securedgtogit aserieszof spokes which radiate froma hub .which will readily fit `on` the axle when thewheelis removed, so that the running-gearofa wagon i may support a .wagon "or sleighbodyandbe mounted on wheels or sleigh-runners, asmostdesirable or necessary.

The runnerswhich are placed on the front axle (having a `pivotal movement, as is usual in l" yywagons)arerigidly braced to the axle, while ,a the runners on the rear axle swing freely there- 1 on, whereby the runners will conform to any inequalities of "the groun d orr'oadandthere i ,i `isno danger offupsetting. i

,1 B ferringfto the"drawings.` A represents a reach, torwhosel forward end is pivoted the, frontaxle,B, and tofgits rear end is secured the hind axlepG,` all offvvhich form the runningconstruction.`

gear of a wagon,and are of ordinary form and a l f wDD representthefsleighlrunnerawhich con a 1 sist of thefrunners proper, E, to which are se- Wcured spckesF,""vvhich radiate from hubs G;

3 ,Thesehubs are so `constructed that when the ,."wheelsofjthe" wagonare removed said hubs 1 1willioccupy"theirplaces and t nicely on the PATENT @Erica ROEEET ELLIOTT,-` or. cHEsTEE, PENNSYLVANIA.

a TIMPROVEMENT 1N SLEIGHS.

specineatilon formingpart `or Letters Patent No. 112,566, dated Maren 14,1871.

axles B C. Thus a wagon is easily converted into a sleigh, and when the latter Vis no longer required thewagon is quickly made to assume its own character. In Order to render the sleigh effective and serviceable, I rigidly connect either pair of the runners D to its axle by means of braces H, which extend from the runners proper to the axle, where they are secured by clips or hooks J, or other fastenings, in any proper manner. The other pair of runners has its hubs fit freely on their axle, so as to give to any irregularity of the ground. Thus, one pair of the runners being fixed on the axle and the other permitted to oscillate, the sleigh is allowed to assume a safe, level, regardless of the inequalities of the road,and without danger of upsetting. Besides this,

there is no necessity of chains, rods, or other connections between the front and rear sets of runners, which is an important feature, since the swinging of the front axle for steering purposes is in no manner interfered with or limited.

stantially in the manner and for the purpose4 described.

3. The braces H, rigidly connecting the front axle, hubs, spokes, and its set of runners, substantially as described.

ROBERT ELLIOTT. Witnesses:

SAML. ULEici-r,

ROBT. GAEDWELL. 

